SOLUTION: 21 is 60% of what number, can you also show me how to work it and set it up, thanks

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Question 700269: 21 is 60% of what number, can you also show me how to work it and set it up, thanks
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is percent of what number?

Let be the number you are trying to find. Take and move the decimal point two places to the left and then drop the % sign -- call this decimal representation of the percentage .

Then



Solve for



Plug in your numbers and do the arithmetic.

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